Ypsolopha pseudoparallela

Ypsolopha pseudoparallela
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Ypsolophidae
Genus:	Ypsolopha
Species:	Y. pseudoparallela
Binomial name
	Ypsolopha pseudoparallela; J.C. Sohn & C.S. Wu, in Sohn et al., 2010[1]

Ypsolopha pseudoparallela is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is known from Honshu island in Japan.

The length of the forewings is 8.8-10.1 mm.

Etymology

The specific name is a combination of the Greek pseudes (meaning false) and the specific name of the superficially similar species Ypsolopha parallela.

References

Descriptions of three new species of Ypsolopha Latreille (Lepidoptera: Ypsolophidae) from East Asia, redescription of Y. contractella (Caradja) and a checklist of East Asian Ypsolopha

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[1] Descriptions of three new species of Ypsolopha Latreille (Lepidoptera: Ypsolophidae) from East Asia, redescription of Y. contractella (Caradja) and a checklist of East Asian Ypsolopha